Mille Lacs County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, shaded from 950 ft on the south side to 1,370 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,370 ft 420 m1,270 ft 385 m1,210 ft 370 m1,110 ft 340 m1,000 ft 305 m950 ft 290 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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County area
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Elevation Data

Mille Lacs County averages about 1,170 ft (355 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 950 ft on the south side to 1,370 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
1,170 ft 355 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,370 ft 420 m
on the north side
Lowest
950 ft 290 m
on the south side

Mille Lacs County spans about 420 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,170 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,370 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

47 mi south to north through Princeton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, shaded from 950 ft on the south side to 1,370 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
27,577 2024 est.
Land area
572.3 sq mi + 109.2 sq mi water
Density
48 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Aitkin County1,270 ft
  2. Crow Wing County1,260 ft
  3. Morrison County1,220 ft
  4. Mille Lacs County1,170 ft
  5. Benton County1,120 ft
  6. Kanabec County1,080 ft
  7. Sherburne County980 ft
  8. Isanti County950 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 26 towns in Mille Lacs County by typical elevation
  1. Vineland1,300 ft
  2. Kathio Township1,280 ft
  3. Bradbury Township1,280 ft
  4. Isle1,270 ft
  5. East Side Township1,270 ft
  6. South Harbor Township1,270 ft
  7. Isle Harbor Township1,260 ft
  8. Wahkon1,260 ft
  9. Onamia1,260 ft
  10. Onamia Township1,260 ft
  11. Lewis Township1,240 ft
  12. Mudgett Township1,230 ft
  13. Dailey Township1,230 ft
  14. Page Township1,190 ft
  15. Hayland Township1,140 ft
  16. Milaca Township1,120 ft
  17. Foreston1,090 ft
  18. Milaca1,080 ft
  19. Bock1,080 ft
  20. Borgholm Township1,060 ft
  21. Milo Township1,050 ft
  22. Pease1,030 ft
  23. Bogus Brook Township1,010 ft
  24. Greenbush Township1,010 ft
  25. Princeton Township990 ft
  26. Princeton980 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.